I’ve seen Vigilantes of Love show up in a few of these posts, but I’ve only heard one of their songs. Can anyone recommend one of their albums to start out with?
Sadly, I have no interesting songs to post this round.

“Casino Twist”, by Hungária
“Castles Made of Sand”, by Jimi Hendrix
“Cat Blues”, by the Seatbelts
“Catapult”, by Phish
“Catch a Wave”, by the Beach Boys

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Eliminating anything Fred already has, which in this case is only David Bowie’s “Cat People”:
“Cash On Delivery”, Spinal Tap
“Cashula”, Black 47
“Casino”, Spring Heel Jack
“Cassidy”, Grateful Dead
“Cassidy”, Suzanne Vega
“The Cast Of Casey And Andy”, Moosebutter
“Castle Transylvania”, The Boogie Knights
“Casual Conversations”, Supertramp
“Cat House”, Takako Minekawa
“Cat’s In The Cradle”, Harry Chapin
“Catapult Rock”, The Boogie Knights
“Catch Me Now I’m Falling”, The Kinks
“Catching On Fire”, They Might Be Giants
“Catching The Butterfly”, The Verve
“The Caterpillar”, The Cure
Most recommended: Suzanne Vega’s cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Cassidy”, which is arguably better than the original and a lot more accessible (by which I mean shorter). Like the best covers, it remains true to the source material while finding something new in it; Vega’s “Cassidy” is cryptically confessional where the original is more folksy, and gives the song a whole new feel. Runner-up goes to the Kinks’ “Catch Me Now I’m Falling”; it suffers a bit from the gratuitous disco infusion that was common when the song was released, but the political message was very apropos at the time and like many political songs of that era it made a bit of a comeback in spirit a few years ago.
And, yes, both Boogie Knights’ songs are filks, of “Hotel California” and “Crocodile Rock” respectively. Both well-done, although the best lighter-side song on the list is definitely “Cash On Delivery”. (I also like “The Cast Of Casey And Andy”, but you’d really need to be a big fan of the comic.)

“Cash to Cathedrals”
I thought this was some kind of government bailout program for the Catholic church… :P

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The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle by Jake Thackeray
(Which with its tale of suburban wives engaging in sexual congress with Beelzebub and all his minions is strangely apt to the current main discussion…)

Cashing In – Minor Threat
The Cask – Lou Reed
Cassius Love vs. Sonny Wilson – The Beach Boys
Cast A Shadow – Beat Happening
Cast Of Thousands – The Adverts
The Castle – Love
Cat Box – X-tal
Catapult – REM
Catch A Wave – The Beach Boys
Catch Us If You Can – The Dave Clark Five
Caterpillar – Big Brother & The Holding Company
Cath Carroll – UnrestI thought this was some kind of government bailout program for the Catholic church… :P
No, that’s “Cash FOR Cathedrals”. Bring your broken down old cathedral in and we’ll give you credit on a new, modern fundamentalist mega-church! It’s all part of the LaHaye-Jenkins Act passed by Congress this year.

“Casino Nation,”Jackson Browne
“Cast Your Fate To The Winds,” We Five
“Castles Made Of Sand,” Jimi Hendrix

Cowboy Diva

“An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart,” U2, Boy [UK]
“Cat in Heat,” Ellen DeGeneres, Taste This
“Cat Scratchin’,” Louis Jordan, Mercury R+B ’46-’62 (Disc 2)
“Cat Turned Blue,” Rusted Root, When I Woke
“Catch a Star,” Men at Work, Business As Usual
“Catch the Wind,” Donovan, The Very Best of the Early Years
“Cath Cheim An Fhia,” James Galway & The Chieftains, Over The Sea To Skye

I gotta mention Beth Hart and Storm Large.
I can bracket the range with By her and A Change Is Gonna Come.
Storm has a lot of great songs, but one of her latest is AWESOME! 8 Miles Wide Video is SFW, the lyrics are most definitely NOT!!! But my favorite of hers is Ladylike. (The original replaces “What the what” with WTF. Works better in my opinion.)

Dylan, I would start with the Vigilantes album “Audible Sigh.” It’s got some great examples of Bill Mallonee’s songcraft, and it’s also one of the easiest to get into immediately. I honestly love every album they’ve ever done, but a lot of VoL albums need some time to grow on you. Killing Floor and Blister Soul are also good ones to start with, and contain some of his “classic” songs.
It was fun to see Steve Taylor on that list, too. My uncle used to play bass in his touring band, so I grew up thinking he was a great rock star. Thankfully, my appreciation didn’t have to fade much as my tastes grew; his lyrics are still often spot-on, even 20(!) years later…

“Casiopea” – Silvio Rodriguez
“Casiotone Nation” – Soul Coughing
“Cassiel’s Song” – Nick Cave
“Catacombs” – Poi Dog Pondering
“Cathain” – Liam Ó Maonlai
“Cathedrals” – Joan Osborne
The Nick Cave song is from the “Faraway, So Close!” soundtrack, which supports my opinion that even if you don’t particularly care for Wim Wenders as a filmmaker, you’ll want him to keep making movies if only for the sake of the incredible soundtracks that go with them.

@straight and Natros: Thanks for the suggestions. I’m downloading “Audible Sigh” off of Amazon right now, and will probably pick up the other two albums later. (Don’t think it’ll take much for it to grow on me–I’ve heard “Wondering Where the Lions Are” off of the Roaring Lambs compilation, and I really like the style.)

Natros

@ Steve S: Yeah, Glen Holmen is my uncle, and he played bass in Some Band from the Limelight tour through “I Predict 1990.” He speaks fondly of the times they got picketed by Jimmy Swaggart’s followers, and of the time he spent touring Europe with Some Band. Glen still plays bass professionally, and I think he still keeps in touch with Steve Taylor, though Taylor’s not making much music these days.
Man, I love this place–people actually know Some Band AND VOL!

Cashout – Fugazi (this seems like a very Slacktivist song to me, really)
The Castle – Clinic
Cataracts – Pavement
The Catbird Seat – The Silent League
Catch Me Up – Gomez
Catch You – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The Caterpillar – The Cure

Hannah M

A quick “HECK FREAKIN YES” to the Steve Taylor song. Good stuff.
Cast Your Fate to the Wind – David Benoit
The Castle In My Mind – Grail: The Rock Musical
Casualty of Love – The Wedding Singer (the musical)